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GLENSIDE, PA:  Arcadia University Softball dropped a pair of Commonwealth Conference games on their home field this afternoon to visiting Widener University, falling by an 8-5 final in game one and a 3-0 margin in the nightcap.  Arcadia battled in the opener but was never able to catch the Pride who jumped out to an early 5-0 lead.  Six fielding errors cost the Knights the second game as the squad drops to 12-12 overall and 1-5 in league play.

Widener jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a hit and an Arcadia error in the opening frame and added two more scores in the top of two.  With the Pride trying to defend a 5-0 lead with the Knights up to bat in the bottom of two, Arcadia showed fight pushing three scores across the board. 

Leanda Helms '14 drove in Jess Wood '14 and Amy Johnson '12 on a two-run double to right field after the runners helped themselves to singles to right.  Corrin Showalter '14 added a base hit that moved Helms to the scoring corner, and eventually home by an Amanda Tomasheck '14 base hit to the popular right field grass. 

Down 5-3, the Knights were out-scored in the third frame 2-1 by the visitors, for a 7-4 Widener advantage.  The Pride stayed in front for good with each team only scoring one more, an RBI fly-out from Wood for the Knights in the fifth and an RBI single from Widener in the seventh. 

Heather Buriak '14 entered in relief of starter Kelsey Roberts '12 in the third and gave up 2 earned run off 5 hits and a walk while tossing 3 strikeouts but the loss would go to Roberts (3-5 overall) , charged with 4 earned runs off 2 hits, 4 walks with 2 K's

Game two starter Jackie Korang tossed a complete game shutout for the Pride.  The game's only scoring came complements of Widener in the fourth and fifth as Arcadia's infield struggled to recover from 6 errors in the game. 

Brandee Zablotsky went 2 for 3 and finished 4-6 with 1 run on the day with Helms also chipping in with a 2-3 performance in the nightcap and 3-6 (1 run, 2 RBI) afternoon outing. Wood (7-3 overall) suffered the game two loss with 1 earned run off 6 hits and 2 K's.

The Knights have a five-day break before they get in the make-up doubleheader against Commonwealth Conference rival Lebanon Valley College on April 10.